February 2009
168 posts
Daily Om
Universal Messages Signs
The universe can often relay messages to us through signs. Often, we are too busy to stop and consider what may or may not be a sign. We may ask the universe for guidance, yet fail to recognize the sign it sends us in response. Learning the subtle language of signs can help you interpret the guidance the universe sends your way. We all have been blessed with a connection...
Watchsamreich:
Jordan Hall vs. Jack Zerby
Friday Night Rumbles at the CH Office. I LOVE MY JOB.
This makes me laugh →
Watchsamreich:
Hardly Working: Sitcom
Michael Steele: Hip-Hop Campaign. Yikes. →
Fox News: On the Beat
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — A lawyer said a Riverside County jury has awarded nearly $7 million to a 56-year-old woman who was unknowingly infected with herpes by a 77-year-old man.
Attorney Shaun Murphy, who represented the plaintiff, said the defendant knew he had genital herpes for more than 25 years but did not disclose it before his sexual relationship with the woman and did not use a condom.
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Elephant STDs: Herpes Outbreak at US Zoos →
Controversial Ban on Caskets of Dead Soldiers... →
Mr. Gates, who said at the news conference that he was “never comfortable” with the ban, tried to have it overturned a year ago. But he said he encountered resistance in the Pentagon, and so he “demurred.”
But once President Obama said this month that he was reviewing the ban, Mr. Gates again sounded out senior officials at the Pentagon.
If it weren't for NYT Urban Eye emails, I'd have...
Recession parties have been all the rage for a while now. The City Reliquary Museum, home to New York artifacts and ephemera like vintage seltzer bottles, trolley parts and the old 2nd Avenue Deli sign, ups the economic downturn ante tonight with aModern Day Depression-Era Fundraiser. For $10, you can participate in old-timey (or old-timey-seeming) activities like a Pie the Landlord game, a D.I.Y....
Simpsons Forever
“Eat my shorts!” FOX ordered two more seasons of The Simpsons ensuring the longest-running primetime series in history goes through its 22nd season. The network approved 44 additional episodes, taking the total library episode count just under 500 at 493. Currently the show is in its 20th season and a global year-long celebration called “Best. 20 Years. Ever” is underway...
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to see and find all the barriers...”
– Rumi (via nayadiction)
Watchbenjoseph:
joshruben:
I play Sarah’s new boyfriend this Sunday.
Josh Ruben is one of the funniest performers I know. He can make the entire crew laugh with a noise and a face. He’s also responsible for one of my favorite characters ever. Please watch him on television.
Everything Ben said is true: Josh is super talented and Gale Beggy is AMAZING. But I have one thing to add—he’s...
Courtesy of NY Mag
SKIN • Did you know that Dimethicone is an FDA-approved ingredient that’s used in moisturizers as a barrier, typically in products used to treat eczema? And that it’s also found in products that waterproof leather boots? [NYT]
“To put this in Oscar movie terms, President Obama won best picture. Governor...”
– Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA-39) (via underscorechristopher)
This Week in Ew Gross!
Watson and Sons Funeral Home embalmed the remains of Edna Kathleen Woods, 52, after she died of natural causes in November 2007, said Gadsden police Sgt. Jeff Wright. Relatives wanted the body cremated but failed to sign the necessary paperwork or pay owner Harold Watson Sr., he said.
After storing the corpse at his funeral home for more than a year, Wright said, the 76-year-old Watson decided to...
WatchJimmy Fallon gets Jack McBrayer (Kenneth!) to poke fun at Bobby Jindal’s awful television debut. And me likey.
Celebrities, I feel SO BAD for YOU.
HOLLYWOOD stars are starting to feel the economic pinch. “Salaries are being cut. Unless you’re Will Smith [above], you are not going to get $20 million a movie anymore,” said an insider. To make matters more meager, “back-end” deals - where a star or big-name director would get a cut of the gross - “are dead. Those deals are not being offered to anyone. Not...
Dear Reader—Great White Bear
Too much fun!
Actor/rapper LL Cool J was tapped for the CBS spinoff of NCIS, cites Variety. LL Cool J will play a tough yet likable former Navy SEAL who goes undercover for the NCIS unit based in Los Angeles. CBS will air the spinoff as one half of a two-part NCIS episode later this season. CBS Paramount Network Television produces.
Words are Fun: This excerpt from today's Cynopsis...
Fuel TV opens a new action comedy series called Thrillbillies March 29 at 8p about a group of daredevil redneck friends who participate in a variety of entertaining stunts.
Brooklyn is homemade and yummy! →
These Brooklynites, most in their 20s and 30s, are hand-making pickles, cheeses and chocolates the way others form bands and artists’ collectives. They have a sense of community and an appreciation for traditional methods and flavors. They also share an aesthetic that’s equal parts 19th and 21st century, with a taste for bold graphics, salvaged wood and, for the men, scruffy beards.
WatchI was just talking about how much I LOVE this sketch. I know it’s a bit racist, but it makes me laugh every time.
Favorite Quotes from Obama's Address to Congress
“While our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken, though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this—We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.”
“My budget does not attempt to solve every problem or address every issue. It reflects the stark reality of what we’ve...
“As he held her and tasted her, and as she curved in further and further toward...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (Tender is the night) (via nayadiction)
Dear Heart by Dear Reader
I am completely digging...
Bobby Jindal is freaking me out!
Why is he talking like that? He’s the most unnatural puppet I’ve ever seen get placed in front of the camera. I can’t even pay attention to what he’s talking about because I’m so mesmerized by his speech pattern!
Obama Drinking Game →
Single Serving Site of the Day: I Need Another... →
thedailywhat:
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HA! I think Gentlemen’s Pleasure Garden is my favorite. Or maybe Meat Wallet.
Too much?
Go Fug Yourself--it's one of my favorites! →
“With a stop light, green means ‘go’ and yellow means ‘slow down’. With a banana,...”
– Mitch Hedberg (via brit)
(via joshmohrer)
Favorite Story of the Day
Arkansas Police seized nearly 500 lbs of marijuana on a tour bus returning from NBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix, this week. According to the driver, the bus was allegedly escorting Fabolous to Boston to pick up “a rapper whose name he couldn’t recall.” Though Fab was not on the bus at the time of the seizure, the two men who were arrested, Edward Thimas, 52, and Robert Morris,...
This is amazing. I really love Glen Hansard and...
No Child Left Behind Act LITERALLY Turns Into A... →
WatchRyan Seacrest is a huge douche. He talks to these kids like they’re total idiots and doesn’t even put in ANY amount of effort to pronounce their names. He just held up a piece of paper to the camera, as if he were showing us how many calories are in his protein shakes. He sucks.
Fallyn, I can't thank you enough for sending this...
Craigslist Posting of the Decade « Colinoscopy
Source: colinoscopy.wordpress.com
To the woman that crapped in my car. (NE Portland)We met on Craigslist so I am hoping that this post finds you. I know that it could quite possibly be the most humiliating first date that you have ever been on, but I am willing to look past that.
I would really like to see this film.
The documentary “Must Read After My Death” is the height of contemporary confessional/voyeuristic cinema. After his grandmother died, the director, Morgan Dews, found that she’d left behind boxes and boxes of eight-millimeter films, audio recordings and a file called “Must Read After My Death.” So he did, “artfully piecing them together to create an alternately fascinating and disquietingly...
Oy!
Sophia Loren looks like a hot mess. Girl needs to lay off the collagen injections.
I have to say
That the In Memoriam the Oscars does every year always feels like a high school homecoming dance. People are always clapping for the select few dead people they liked the most, and honestly, I think it’s just tacky. They make it all seem like a fucking popularity contest. Can’t you just hold your applause til the end to honor the memory of everyone who’s dead?
Also, why was...